Police and Fire

Photos by, Brian Stieglitz/Herald East Meadow Fire Department members John O’Brien Jr., Joe Mulladey, John Bohl Jr. and Mike Mongello Jr. prepared to demonstrate a vehicle extrication at an open house at the EMFD Headquarters on East Meadow Avenue last Oct. 20.

FIRE Department

East Meadow North Bellmore

Fire Department Fire Department

Emergency: 542-0576 Emergency: 781-9200 Business: 542-0578 Business: 409-4720

Board of Fire Board of Fire Commissioners: Commissioners:

John Priest Chairman: Scott Farber Robert Bazarewski Care Welt Vice Chairman: William Neill Edward J. Kraus James Surless Treasurer: Department Chief: Douglas Sherwood James Walsh Commissioners: First Assistant: • Robert Marschall Paul Kosiba • Edward E. Kraus Second Assistant: • Mark Collins Peter Cheswick Department Chief: Third Assistant: David Marschall Philip Fertitta First Assistant: The East Meadow Fire District covers most of East Meadow and Salisbury, and includes portions of Levittown and Hicksville. Mark DiRenzo Second Assistant: Arthur White III Third Assistant: Nicholas Zaharis For more information, call The North Bellmore Fire the department’s business District includes portions of number at 542-0578 or visit southeastern East Meadow. www.eastmeadowfd.com. For more information, call the department’s business number at 409-4700 or visit www.northbellmorefd.com.

Westbury Fire Department

Emergency: 334-7924 Business: 334-7968

Board of Fire Commissioners:

Chairman: William Olson Secretary: Barry Green Treasurer: Rodney Caines Department Chief: Kenneth Gass Jr. First Assistant: LaShaun Carr Second Assistant: Timothy Stewart The Westbury Fire District includes a portion of Salisbury. For more information, call the department’s business number at 334-7968 or visit www.westburyfd.com.

Devan Finneran and Jose Fuentes used a chainsaw to cut into a roof resembling a house on fire. They gave the demonstration at an Oct. 20 open house at the East Meadow Fire Department Headquarters on East Meadow Avenue.

Detectives Keith Blum and Chris Marciano, both members of the Nassau County Police Department Arson Bomb Squad, introduced the crowd to one of their robots during East Meadow’s annual National Night Out event at Veterans Memorial Park last Aug. 6.

POLICE Department

Important Numbers

Emergency: 911 Police jurisdiction in the East Meadow School District is divided among precincts of the Nassau County Police Department as follows: 1st Precinct: 573-6100 for area south of

Hempstead Turnpike 2nd Precinct: 573-6200 for Levittown area east of

Wantagh Parkway 3rd Precinct: 573-6300 for area north of

Hempstead Turnpike